The quality of teams that Gill St. Bernard's has beaten in the past nine days would be more than enough to fill out a resume at the end of the season.

Gill St. Bernard's, ranked No. 6 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, won its seventh straight game and did so over another top-notch opponent when Taylor Rooks, Jasmine Sina and Trevena Bennett led the way in a 59-54 victory over No. 4 Immaculate Heart in the Scholarship for Inner-City Children Basketball Festival at Kean University in Union.

The Gladstone team that suits up only seven players has now beaten three ranked teams, including No. 7 St. John Vianney (68-61 in overtime last Sunday) and No. 20 Bridgewater-Raritan (58-46 on Dec. 20). During its four-game run over nine days, it has defeated 's defeated two of Essex County's best in Mount St. Dominic (47-43 last Saturday) and Montclair (53-47 on Dec. 27).

"Our bodies are telling us we're tired," said Bennett, who had nine points and eight rebounds. "But mentally, we have to push through. I know all of us were tired, but we know we work hard in practice every day and our conditioning is getting better. The key for us was to push through."

Rooks went for a game-high 25 points with seven rebounds and Sina scored 15 of her 17 points in the second half and finished with four steals.

"We all feed off of each other," Rooks said. "When we see one person working hard, we all want to work."

Gill St. Bernard's found its shot from 3-point range in the second half, when it went 5-for-9 from beyond the arc. It also finished 20-for-26 from the free-throw line, including 13-for-16 in the fourth quarter.

"We were able to get a little momentum and our halftime speech gave us momentum," Sina said. "We came out with more energy in the second half, which we didn't have in the first half and we came together."

Immaculate Heart was led by Samantha Wilkes (13 points, 13 rebounds, six assists), Lindsey Rogers (18 points, five rebounds) and Jordan Wilmoth (12 points, 11 rebounds). The Bergen County team scored 36 points in the paint and held a 47-28 edge in rebounding.

Two free throws apiece from Bennett and Sina made it 51-47 with 2:07 left, but Immaculate Heart cut the deficit to two on a basket by Caitlin Roche with 1:51 remaining. Gill St. Bernard's would then go on a 6-0 run, with all the points coming on foul shots, to make it an eight-point game with 46 seconds left. There were seven lead changes in the fourth quarter.